Bowdoin’s Morrison Reacts to Iran-Saudi Hajj Fallout

On Friday, September 9, 2016, about two million Muslims from around the world begin their annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, where they will gather at the holy city of Mecca for five days of rituals and prayer. The event comes amid a harsh war of words between the Saudi government and Iran, sparked by the disaster which occurred during last year’s hajj, when by most estimates more than 2,400 pilgrims died in a stampede.

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